Sharpshooters 18th Corps – Vintage Wall Art
![Sharpshooters 18th Corps, [1864 July] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/10/10fff2bded7e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Sharpshooters 18th Corps
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Pencil and Chinese white on a small sheet of olive paper give this drawing its character, and its title places it among the Union sharpshooters of the 18th Corps during the Petersburg siege in July 1864. By that summer the lines around Petersburg, Virginia, had settled into trench warfare, and marksmen who could fire on exposed enemy soldiers from concealed positions were a steady presence in the fighting. The subject headings also name Gouverneur K. Warren, the Union general whose corps served at Petersburg that year. Field sketches like this one, made close to the front, offer a different view of trench life than many photographs of the period.
| Created / published | [1864 July] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 12.3 x 13.6 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Warren, Gouveneur Kemble,--1830-1882--Military service. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--1860-1870. Sharpshooting--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.United States--Virginia--Petersburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,721 × 3,988 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 21250u Sharpshooters 18th Corps |
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